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Two Ring-necked Parakeets being chased by Black-headed gulls at 5.50am this morning over Liverpool Street, Salford. Also Peregrine falcon carrying prey over at 12.05pm



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Three goosanders, a drake and two redheads, with the mallards on the lake at Clowes Park this afternoon.

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A pair of Common Kestrels are mating at an undisclosed location in Salford. They have been seen mating on three different days. Such behaviour in November is abnormal and most likely to end in failure... but, nature has a habbit of providing many surprises. I have requested the comments from an author on Common Kestrels. I attach here a few recent images. The images of the mating birds were taken today.



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While stuck waiting in traffic this afternoon on the A580 underneath the roundabout bridges at Irlam's o th heights a female Sparrowhawk flew under the bridge and grabbed a feral pigeon from where it was perched. The hawk carrying the pigeon flew off to the nearby park.



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At Clewes Park, Broughton this afternoon, one pair of Coot had at least one young whilst another pair were still on the nest. A Moorhen was also on a nest and around the woodland a Chiffchaff and Nuthatch were singing.



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A pair of Ravens were calling together over Liverpool Street at 11.50 this morning.



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Please note that there is a thread titled RE: RIVER IRWELL, SALFORD, INCLUDING KERSAL WETLANDS

I think maybe some of the posts on here would have been more helpfully placed in that thread.



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2 Whooper Swans south over Ordsall at 9am this morning.



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16 goldeneye on the Irwell between Broughton Bridge and Adelphi Bridge this lunchtime.

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70+ Redwing high over Liverpool Street at 8.05am all heading Southwest.

2 Ravens circling over the area where the tall Gasometers used to be at 11.15am



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Salford Kersal Wetlands 2 x Little Egret (one on scrapes, the second on the Irwell bank itself) Plus 1 Parakeet 5 heron 2 little grebe

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On a cycle past Weaste ETW this morning, of note, Chiffchaff singing and Oystercatcher.

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10,15am 

Kestrel hovering over the waste land next to the Winston pub on Churchill Way. 



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Late post for Sunday 17.05.20.
Weaste Etw ( Pacific way).

Magpie - c20.
Jackdaw - 52.
Starling - 20.
Pied wagtail - 8.
Grey wagtail - 2.
Oystercatcher - 2.
Lapwing - 2.
Black-headed gull - 4.
Swift - 10.
Swallow - 10.
House martin - 5.
Buzzard - 1 (over) with what looks like a 4" peice of string trailing from one of it's legs .... Not a Jesse.
Goldfinch - 4.

M .ship canal opp Etw .
Lapwing - 2.
Cormorant - 12.
Great crested grebe - 3.
Mute Swan - 1.
Oystercatcher - 2.
Mallard - 1.

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6 mile there and back health walk from Gorse Hill Stretford to Weaste ETW.

Bridgewater canal
Whitethroat - 2 heard only.
Blackbird - 2 sunbathing on tarmac footpath.
Dunnock - 1.

Salford quays (media city).
Swallow - 2 only at traditional nesting site.
Mute swan - 16.
Great Crested Grebe - 2.
Cormorant - 4.

Pacific way
Goldfinch - 6
Greenfinch - 2.

Weaste ETW.
Herring gull - 4.
Black- headed gull - 26.
Pied wagtail - 10.
Lapwing - 2.
Blackbird - 4.
Jackdaw - 76.
Goldfinch - 5.
Grey Wagtail - 2.
and just as I left ...
Swallow - 4.
House Martin - 6.
Sand martin - 6.

Ps. there were clouds of insects streaming
from the Lombardy Poplar trees bordering the scrapyard at rear of etw. with no takers.
Also a rabbit on one of the beds , some of which contained large amounts of vegitation.

Europa way ( on the way back).
Whitethroat - 1. Ps. Swift - 200 last Friday . Info Simon Birch (patch birder).

-- Edited by phillipskelly on Friday 8th of May 2020 09:37:06 PM Also forgot to mention 2 Oystercatcher over.

-- Edited by phillipskelly on Friday 8th of May 2020 11:30:21 PM

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Originally posted yesterday by Rob Smallwood

Female Black Redstart seen and photographed around Salford University.



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Originally posted today by Pete Berry:

A look round Eccles Sewage Works from the Ship Canal bank was interesting with over 100 Pied Wagtails feeding on the sewage beds,also at least 150 Black Headed Gulls, a couple of Herring Gulls and a few Jackdaws also feeding on them.On the adjacent Ship Canal 3 Comorants,2 Great Crested Grebes,a single Goosander ,and another 100 Black Headed Gulls .



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Weaste ETW today 5:15 to 6:25pm

Starling - 15.
Pied wagtail - C30.
Grey wagtail - 1.
Magpie - 10.
Black-headed gull - c60
Lesser black-back gull - 2 juv.

Nearby -
Perigrine - 2 (one with prey on Allied Mills building).
MS Canal.
Cormorant - 6 over.
Mute Swan - 2 .
Tufted duck - 3.
House Martin - about 10.


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There are a pair of Ravens resident on Agecroft Commerce Park, also sighted 2 Grey Wagtails there for the first time this week, worth a stroll round this area for any keen birders in Salford - there are also around 200 Lapwings resident 



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There is a Raven on Seedley Park Rd! High up circling being very vocal, it's just drifted off over Buile Hill Park. 



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Two Buzzards high over Liverpool Street, Salford at 4.20pm today.



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Belated news of a Turtle Dove coming to feed in a domestic garden in Seedley (not too far from Buile Hill Park) on May 2nd and 3rd, seen by two very lucky observers indeed.

Only the 2nd record in the past 10 years and the first since 2013!

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Again with Ollie Metcalfe - again quiet, but mating Willow Tits (3 in total), 3 Oystercatcher and a Meadow pipit and a few hirundines going through



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This AM with Ollie Metcalfe - 1 male Mandarin on the MSC, 6 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, 1 Peregrine, 1 Stock Dove, handful of hirundines



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An hour from around 8 am: Willow warbler 1, sev Chiffchaff and Blackcaps, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Great Crested Grebe on the canal, 5 Sand Martin, 20 or so Swallows, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Reed Bunting



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I went to have a look for the female wigeon that pete had yesterday on the manchester ship canal at Weaste, no signs just after 2pm but....
14 tufted duck
6 oystercatchers
4 lapwings
Black headed gulls & pied wagtails on the sewage works, meadow pipit over.

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Had a quick look at Weaste ETW as I was passing today
3 Oystercatchers were a pleasant surprise,
Also there about 100 Black Headed Gulls and good numbers of Pied Wagtails
Just across the road on the Ship Canal a flock of 8 Tufted Duck,a female Wigeon,3 Mallard and several Comorants fishing,and another 2 Oystercatchers by the waters edge!!

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River Irwell at Lower Broughton, 13:20 13:40

  • Black-headed Gull 47
  • Blackbird 3
  • Blue Tit 1
  • Canada Goose 20
  • Common Gull 1
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 35
  • Goldeneye 8
  • Goldfinch 1
  • Great Tit 1
  • Grey Wagtail 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
  • Magpie 3
  • Mallard 9
  • Starling 5
  • Woodpigeon 3
  • Wren 1

 



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Dropped Michelle off at work half hour ago so Ive popped over to Buckfield Ave in Ordsall.

No sign of any Waxwings as yet but Im currently watching a group of 21 birds in one of the trees comprised of 8 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing and a Blackbird.

Checked Ryall Avenue and Robert Hall St area just beforehand, no sign of any Waxwings there yet either but saw c30 Starlings and 2 Mistle Thrush

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c100 Redwings around the Ordsall Park / Monmouth Park area

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3,45pm, 7 waxwings flew in from Chimney Pot Park to the rowan tree at the back of St Ambros Gardens then flew off in the direction of Seedley.. 



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2 waxwings in Chimney Pot Park on the corner of Langworthy Rd and Liverpool Street at the moment. 



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Credible info from a friend: upto 6 waxwings been hanging around chimney top park all day with a flock of redwing. Been feeding in the rowan tree in his garden on Liverpool Street. Will check it out tomorrow for my self. 



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On my way back from Regent road retail park, had a mooch around the Ordsall Lane area.
Craven drive - 60 Redwing on/ around the tall pollarded Poplar trees also 50 Starling close by on the adjacent housing estate.
ps.lots of berries on the Sorbus trees on (and around the perimeter of )the estate.


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Yesterday 16th I drove past Monmouth park & noticed a lot of thrushes there, I parked up nearby & had a nosey around, there are lots of berries in there & nearby. We'll over 100 birds majority of them being redwings, numerous fieldfares, several blackbirds & a small flock of around 15 starlings.


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Weaste ETW. - Pacific way Salford. 12 to 1.30 pm today.
(The usual parking spot is now used by a mobile sandwich bar until 1.30 pm so I parked at the Lighthouse Church car park after asking permission ).

Church car park :
Lesser Whitethroat heard moving along the top of rise covered with bramble /willow trees at the very end of the rough car park area. I couldn't hear it when I tried again later.

Etw.
Jackdaw - 20.
Carrion Crow - 10.
Starling - 10.
Alba Wagtail - 1.
Pied Wagtail - 3.
Grey Wagtail - 1.
Oystercatcher - 1.
Lapwing - 1.
House Martin - c100 .
Swallow - 10.

Disused railway line .
Sparrowhawk - 1 over .
Chiffchaff - 4 (including a male following a female around and singing within a foot of her each time ).

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Male wheatear on land just off East Ordsall Lane aka Middlewood locks around 18.30 this evening.

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Another escape!

This bird flew past me as I left work this evening and perched on a high window ledge at Islington Mill.

Think it's a Peach-faced Lovebird. Can anyone confirm? And is it a county first? biggrin

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Late one from Saturday 1pm,  escaped Harrishawk on cross lane being harassed by a gang of Gulls and corvids. 



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A Mediterranean Gull has just flew up from my works roof on Liverpool street with 2 Black headed gulls and are all heading towards Salford quays.

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One peregrine falcon sat on allied mills, coronet way at 2.05pm.

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Two Peregrines were chasing each other over the EMR scrap yard on Liverpool street at 14.05 this afternoon. Both about the same size so probably males. Also had a pair of Snipe flyover my workplace on Saturday pm heading South.

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A pair of peregrine falcons sat on allied mills, coronet way at 2.05 pm probably the media city pair eyeing up the local feral pigeons.

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House martin colony on Great Clowes street, great to see in an urban environment

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I've just seen and adult blackbird with a totally black beak and eye ring, it's paired up with another adult with normal colours. They are both hanging around the Working class movement library's side garden on Salford Crescent, I was unable to get a photo as I'm in work and cameraless. Its probably just a late bloomer first year adult yet never seen one in full adult plumage with such a dark beak before. 



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Buzzard over Liverpool Street at 15.25 today and two more Buzzards flying low over the top of Langworthy road at 16.25.

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Update on Harris hawk. My friend managed to capture it and store it in his old parrot cage,  I then drove it to Green Mount wild bird sanctuary, where it is now being properly looked after and the owners being traced via ring information. It is in good healthy condition, just a bit exhausted and saturated. aww



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Anyone lost a Harris hawk? This is currently on Haymond Close, M6.. A friend of mine is trying  to secure it now. 



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3 Ring-Necked Parakeet today feeding in gardens by the Ship Canal at Thistledown Close, Barton upon Irwell



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11,30am.  I was walking down Alpha Street and heard a wren screaming for its life, so I turned around to see it being pursued by this adult male sparrowhawk. The wren escaped by hiding in the scrub, and the sparrowhawk was so transfixed on its position that it didn't even notice I was stood 5 feet from it.  I took this shot on my mobile phone! As it was the only thing I had on me.  I'm sure all the wildlife photographers on here feel my pain no



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